NGD - my strat.

xmrchi

@ThePrettyDamned haha I just read that message, marriage ay why the hell not just be well aware, im a miserable lover and my manhood is just shameful.

ThePrettyDamned

mrchi said:

@ThePrettyDamned haha I just read that message, marriage ay why the hell not just be well aware, im a miserable lover and my manhood is just shameful.

That's okay, I can relate to both. I compensate by going on an online guitar forum. 

ALL THE DAMN TIME.

xmrchi

ThePrettyDamned;460519" said:

mrchi said:

@ThePrettyDamned haha I just read that message, marriage ay why the hell not just be well aware, im a miserable lover and my manhood is just shameful.





That's okay, I can relate to both. I compensate by going on an online guitar forum. 

ALL THE DAMN TIME.

Ha ha I thought I was the only one with the forum infliction!

Megii

ThePrettyDamned said:

Aaaaannnd fixed it!

Ground wire in place (after finally getting the solder to take to the claw) and it's quiet and a very toneful guitar.

I'll see if I can bargain for a minute or two of loud noodling so I can stick a mic in front and demo. It sounds really damn good.

Also lubricated all points of contact (and found one that shouldn't be there - the low e makes contact with the fingerboard a bit, so I'll be filing a small notch there), and the tuning stability is very good. Not perfect - it won't dive bomb and return perfectly but it's fairly close, and I won't be using it for that anyway - just a bit of shimmer really. It's set to float, just a little bit, so it can do a very nice shimmery effect without any real effort.

I'm immensely proud. It sounds like a custom shop strat.

You should be proud - it looks a million dollars as well. Actually, I'm not surprised it sounds so good - you took a high quality neck, a nice lightweight pine body, quality hardware e.g. Wudtone bridge, Oil City hand wound pickups, did a great job with the Wudtone finish, and then put it all together with care and attention to detail. Result - one great guitar, who would have thought it?

ThePrettyDamned

You can hear it in action (well, POD Farmed) here 

http://thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/30568/a-quick-strat-jam-idea-bluesish#latest

Quite different to my usual style! I have to admit, I like the movement of that progression so I might turn that into a fully fledged song idea. 

thomasross20

Not one single humbucker? Pah!

ThePrettyDamned

thomasross20;461036" said:

Not one single humbucker? Pah!

Mate, the tones I'm getting from this have amazed me. It even made pod farm sound fairly decent! I'm looking forward to chucking a mic in front of the amp so you can really hear it.

I'll use the boss df-2 so you can hear some single coil angry noise

And it's hum cancelling in 2 and 4 so it's quite versatile. It doesn't do my usual chug stuff, but my gspbasses prs does that...

thomasross20

Defo get some recordings then And use the @thomasross20 so I don't forget to check in! Interested to hear this!

ThePrettyDamned

@thomasross20 there already is one on the making music section. It's pod farm models, but it's not awful - which says a lot about the guitar!

Pod farm usually sounds quite nasty.

thomasross20

Aha - will check it later then

andypwudtone

=D>

ThePrettyDamned

andypwudtone said:

=D>

Cheers man!